Standard Four: Part Three

President Coolidge favored governmental policies that kept taxes down and business profits up. A (a)   and business interests were encouraged. Government interference in business was minimal. This was called ​ (b)   . American businesses develop ​ (c)   to fill the massive demand for goods. ​ (d)   were increasing.

• free market
• laissez faire capitalism
• mass production
• Wages

The expansion of economic opportunity did not extend to all Americans.

Which groups of people experienced economic hardships in the early 1920s?

• middle-class suburban families

• government officials and politicians

• farmers, African Americans, immigrants, and laborers in specific industries

• wealthy industrialists

Despite the low wages, American goods were becoming cheaper.

This leads to a rise in ______________, where people buy goods instead of making them for themselves.

• consumerism
• self-sufficiency
• minimalism
• bartering

What causes income disparity?

• high taxes on the wealthy

• increased minimum wage

• government subsidies for all workers

• a dramatic difference in income between the rich and the poor

The "Buy Now, Pay Later" idea refers to consumers using _____________.

This provided consumers instant gratification and helped stimulate the economy but later contributed to the Great Depression by creating inflation.

• savings accounts

• installment plans

• tariffs

Household inventions led to social changes as women were able to do their household chores more easily.

Select THREE of the most popular household inventions in the 1920s.

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Fashionable young women who wore skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, smoked, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered immoral behavior. They were supported, promoted and often criticized by the media.

• Suffragettes
• Flappers
• Gilmore Girls

• Victorian Ladies

During the 1920s, African Americans began to move to segregated neighborhoods in the Northeast and Midwest. Identify the Push and Pull Factors for this migration.

Groups:

(a) Push Factors (Negative)

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(b) Pull Factors (Positive)

• Jim Crow Violence

• Economic Opportunities

• Poverty in the South

• Cultural Renaissance in the Northern Cities

What describes a cultural, social, and artistic explosion of African American talent during the 1920s?

• Great Migration
• Civil Rights Movement
• Jazz Age
• Harlem Renaissance

During the ​ (a)   , a black middle class developed which supported writers, ​ (b)   and artists. This brought ​ (c)   and pride to African Americans, but also pointed out their ​ (d)   citizenship. The Harlem Renaissance was primarily a ​ (e)   movement.

• Harlem Renaissance
• musicians
• recognition
• second class
• literary